Trump gag order partially lifted in hush money case (abcnews.go.com)
“Until sentence is imposed, all individuals covered by Paragraph (b)” – referring to members of the court staff, the district attorney’s staff and their families – “must continue to perform their lawful duties free from threats, intimidation, harassment, and harm,” Merchan wrote in the ruling....
Afghan girls accuse Taliban of sexual assault after arrests for ‘bad hijab’ (www.theguardian.com)
Reports surface days before UN summit on Afghanistan that will exclude Afghan women and debate on women’s rights...
Julian Assange Free on Bail, Departs UK for Australia! (twitter.com)
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Hungary’s Anti-LGBT Crusade Apparently Includes Trolling the U.S. Ambassador (www.thedailybeast.com)
Car maker fined $6.4m for selling China-made vehicles as Italian (www.bbc.com)
The Italian government has fined a car company $6.4m (£5m) for allegedly branding vehicles that were made in China as being produced in Italy....
Politician who pushed Philippines natural gas boom is behind firm that planned to profit (apnews.com)
An influential politician in the Philippines, who has been a cheerleader for natural gas power, is behind a company that planned to make a fortune from it, an Associated Press investigation of thousands of pages of documents has found....
Gatwick: Council calls for crackdown on Uber drivers at airport (www.bbc.com)
China’s energy use per person surpasses Europe’s for first time (www.straitstimes.com)
China is the true power in Putin and Kim’s budding friendship (www.bbc.com)
Mr Putin’s first visit to Pyongyang since 2000 was a chance for Russia and North Korea to flaunt their friendship. And flaunt it they did, with Mr Kim declaring his “full support” for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....
Hamas' alleged captive IDF soldier unmasked as West Bank Palestinian (www.ynetnews.com)
Philippine officials say Chinese forces seized 2 navy boats in disputed shoal, injuring sailors (apnews.com)
US blasts ‘aggressive’ China over South China Sea collision with Philippine ship (www.cnn.com)
The United States on Monday condemned China over a collision with the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea, the latest in a series of increasingly fraught confrontations that have raised the potential of a flashpoint for global conflict in the vital waterway....
Thailand passes landmark Bill recognising same-sex marriage (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Scotland’s independence warriors could be the UK election’s biggest losers (www.politico.eu)
For Ukrainians in Canada, new conscription rules increase pressure to fight (www.cbc.ca)
Ukraine has recently dropped the conscription age from 27 to 25, increased fines for draft dodgers to half the average monthly wage and ordered embassies to stop renewing passports for Ukrainian men living abroad. All of this is part of an effort to get them to return home — and bolster the military’s ranks as the war enters...
US unveils $1.5B in new energy, humanitarian aid for Ukraine (www.politico.eu)
Dutch tourist found dead, two Americans and two French tourists missing in Greece (www.independent.co.uk)
China raises stakes in disputed waters (www.bangkokpost.com)
Princess of Wales Appears in Public for First Time Since Cancer Diagnosis (www.nytimes.com)
Catherine took part in a ceremonial parade to celebrate the birthday of her father-in-law, King Charles III.
Earth's core slows down rotation and reverses direction, effects of this phenomenal change on the planet (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
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Finland: Man with 'far-right ties' arrested for child knife attacks (www.euronews.com)
China Gives Six Patrol Boats to Myanmar Junta (www.irrawaddy.com)
Wreck of the last ship of famed Anglo-Irish explorer Shackleton found off the coast of Canada (apnews.com)
The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica, has been found off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years after it went missing. The wreck was found by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society....
Italy’s parliament erupts into violence over government bill (tvpworld.com)
Italy’s parliament erupted into violence on Wednesday when a lawmaker was attacked while trying to hand an Italian flag to another MP over a local government bill....
